City Sends 6 Cops to Enforce No Dancing Rule at “Monster Mash” Dance Party

[BarryDonegan]

http://benswann.com/despite-issuing-permit-city-sends-6-cops-to-enforce-no-dancing-rule-at-monster-mash-dance-party/

An event promoter in St. George, UT claims his rights were violated when city officials sent six police officers to monitor his "Monster Mash" dance party and to enforce a ban on dancing at the event, despite the fact that the city issued a permit approving the party. Officers reportedly allowed the event to go on but threatened to arrest the promoter and charge him with a felony for inciting a riot if attendees began dancing.

[tangent4ronpaul]

3320
3321

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[dannno]

Oh, Utah...

[tangent4ronpaul]

Bumper boats, hu? That's a new one. Looks fun!

3322

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[Suzanimal]

I feel safer.:rolleyes:

http://i.imgur.com/69bt5NM.png

[dannno]

Bumper boats, hu? That's a new one. Looks fun!

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-t

You'd think so, but there's so many gas fumes in such a small space I think I'd rather go kart if I wanna suck up gas fumes or be on a real boat on a lake. It's ok tho, I guess if it's really hot it's one way to cool down.

[tangent4ronpaul]

Weird how the lyrics of this song sound more relevant to today than when the song came out...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNw6J9g5ahw

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[pcosmar]

I may have ninety-nine problems, but dancin' ain't one of them! Happy Hallow's End,
Innkeeper Saelienne

http://wow.zamimg.com/uploads/screenshots/resized/76734.jpg

[aGameOfThrones]

http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/532e5339ecad0474013ee016/fdbfd519524cff5e82fa3a6a8e149fc1.gif

[Anti Federalist]

You'd think so, but there's so many gas fumes in such a small space I think I'd rather go kart if I wanna suck up gas fumes or be on a real boat on a lake. It's ok tho, I guess if it's really hot it's one way to cool down.

$20 says they are electric.

[Suzanimal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA9A5WnT0rM

[mad cow]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tHyRQOdqf0&list=RD-tHyRQOdqf0

[Ender]

Oh, Utah...

It's not "Utah"- everyone is really ticked; it's the gov taking over every aspect of one's life.

[jkr]

42!
USC!
1983!

[pessimist]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ0zGZ2t7xE

[TheCount]

Should I add this to the thread about government enforced religious beliefs?

[oyarde]

Cops to enforce no dancing at the dance . WTF

[Ender]

Should I add this to the thread about government enforced religious beliefs?

Has nothing to do with "religious beliefs". Mormon pioneers danced their way across the plains.

This has to do with money and corrupt city government.

[tangent4ronpaul]

It's not "Utah"- everyone is really ticked; it's the gov taking over every aspect of one's life.


Has nothing to do with "religious beliefs". Mormon pioneers danced their way across the plains.

This has to do with money and corrupt city government.

YEPPERS! - Nailed it!

+rep

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[Spikender]

Real life is retarded.

[fr33]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fZpH2QsUhE

[Anti Federalist]

I can dance:

http://awesomegifs.com/wp-content/uploads/lurch-dancing.gif

[AFPVet]

... against the law to dance? WTF :confused:

..."inciting a riot"... WTFH :toady:

[presence]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d05tQrhNMkA


http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/53/854/2290262/



William L. ELAM, Jr., Plaintiff,
v.
Belva B. BOLLING, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Big Stone Gap Division.
June 29, 1999





III. Conclusion

While the tagline to Footloose read: "The music is on his side,"[14] in this case the law specifically

the Constitution of the United States, is on the side of the Plaintiff.

Accordingly, the court holds that Chapter 22 of the Town of Pound Ordinance, relating to public dance halls, is unconstitutional on its face, and shall not be enforced. Because the court finds that the Ordinance is unconstitutional on its face, the court need not decide whether it is constitutional as applied to this Plaintiff.
The Clerk is directed to send certified copies of this Memorandum Opinion to all counsel of record.

ORDER

For the reasons stated in the Memorandum Opinion entered in this case today, Chapter 22 of the Town of Pound Ordinance is declared to be unconstitutional, as it is facially violative of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Summary Judgment is thus granted to Plaintiff on the issue of the constitutionality of the Ordinance, and Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment on that issue is denied. Defendants are thus enjoined from enforcing that portion of the Ordinance.

Counsel shall contact the court immediately with regard to setting a date for trial on the remaining issues in the case and shall also immediately notify the court as to whether discovery has been completed as to the other issues in the case. This case shall remain on the docket of this court.
The Clerk is directed to send certified copies of this Order to all counsel of record.




http://www.sullivan-county.com/identity/dance_pound.htm

POUND, Va. (May 31, 1999) - Terry Boggs knows of no finer way to end the work week than to put on cowboy boots and dance to his favorite country tunes.

Thanks to a court ruling that struck down this town's ban on dancing, Boggs and other

boot-scooters can now boogie the night away!

"I'm not the greatest dancer in the world, but I like to unwind," Boggs, a 49-year-old trucker, said after dancing one warm July night at the Golden Pine Restaurant.


Not everyone in this town of about 1,000 in the southwestern Virginia mountains shares Boggs' sentiment. Church and town leaders see public dancing as something to be tightly restricted, lest it lead to cheatin' hearts and ruined marriages. Dancing was effectively banned in Pound for 18 years - until June 29, when a federal judge struck down the dance ordinance as


unconstitutional.


U.S. District Judge Glen Williams ruled that the case amounted to an unconstitutional restriction of free expression reminiscent of "Footloose," the 1984 movie about teens rebelling against a small town's ban on dancing. Since the ruling, couples in cowboy hats and boots have turned out in droves to kick up their heels at the Golden Pine. It was William Elam, owner of the Golden Pine, who took the Town Council to court over it's dancing strictures. He grew weary of explaining to out-of-town patrons why they couldn't get down at his night spot. "They would get mad and a lot of them would flat out refuse to sit down," Elam said.

Pound's ordinance banned dancing in any place open to the public that did not first obtain a dance hall permit from the Council. Supporters of the ordinance said it was a way of cracking down on the bad behavior associated with dancing. "There's bound to be trouble when you mix drinking, country music and dancing," said Danny Stanley, the only member of the five-person Council who would consent to an interview.


Permit seekers has to apply in writing. The law forbade the Council from issuing a permit "to anyone who is not a proper person, nor to a person who is not a person of good moral character." No one was ticketed for dancing - and no one ever received a permit. Until Elam and the Golden Pine came along, nobody had sought one, said town attorney Gary Gilliam. Elam applied about a year ago, but withdrew the application out of fear that it would be rejected. More than 200 people showed up at a Council meeting to oppose Elam's application.


That's when Elam hired a lawyer. "We got the court ruling on Wednesday, and we were dancing on Friday," he said. Now the Council is rewriting it's ordinance more narrowly to pass constitutional muster. Town building inspectors also say the Golden Pine does not meet the state's fire code for dance halls, and could close him down because of it. In the meantime, the other bars in town are watching closely. Pound is near a dry Kentucky county, and the nearest dance club is 20 miles away. "We're taking a wait-and-see approach right now," said Genetta Boggs, owner of the Candlelight Restaurant, which serves alcohol. "If it turns out that dancing is legal, we'll have to do whatever it takes to compete."

[Occam's Banana]

This has to do with money and corrupt city government.

it's the gov taking over every aspect of one's life.

... against the law to dance? WTF :confused:

..."inciting a riot"... WTFH :toady:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWEm4p3Dopw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWEm4p3Dopw


http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/532e5339ecad0474013ee016/fdbfd519524cff5e82fa3a6a8e149fc1.gif

[Christian Liberty]

I guess Utah is more strict than my Christian college... wow...

Just another reminders that cops are not upstanding citizens, that they do not protect us, and that they aren't our friends.

[Slave Mentality]

Someone please post a Footloose something or another. On the phone.

Never mind. Saw it. Thanks.

[pcosmar]

so the kids they dance and shake their bones.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3biwHnIArMg

Ashes to ashes,, all fall down.

[phill4paul]

Inciting a "riot."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWeF6lwg4aY